Before going to the Asian Cup, Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa have to join forces to play another league game for Dortmund.●⌒,.

In the 17th round of the league, Dortmund challenged Frankfurt away.

But perhaps it was because we had won the half-time championship in advance, or perhaps it was because this was the last game before the winter break, and everyone was not thinking about football, but in their longing for the holidays.

So in this game, Dortmund lost 0:1 to Frankfurt on the road.

Their record of a away win in the new season ended.

After the game, Klopp did not criticize his players. Although he was disappointed in losing the game, he also knew that the players performed well enough in this half-season for this half-season and could not demand too much from them. At this time, the most important thing is to have a good rest and relax during the holidays, and they are still busy in the second half of the season.

Anyway, in the last round of the league, Mainz lost 0:1 to Schalke at home, and the points gap between the two sides is now as much as thirteen points.

However, later at the end of Dortmund's game, Mainz's game ended, and they defeated Sao Paulo 4-2 away, shortening the points gap to ten.

Failure to maintain a thirteen-point lead was a pity for Dortmund to end the first half of the season. But the 10-point gap was scary enough.

No matter what, Dortmund's players and coaches can have a good Christmas.

But Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa did not have this blessing. The next day, they appeared together at Dusseldorf International Airport. They will be separated here, one to China and the other to Japan.

At the airport, there are also a large number of journalists from both countries.

After the two lined up together to pass the security check, they waved goodbye in the telephoto lens of the reporters, and then went to the boarding gates in different directions.

The next time they meet again, maybe they will be in the Asian Cup.

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In fact, before the first half of the Bundesliga was over, the preparations for the Chinese national team's training camp had already begun.

More than a dozen hours after Dortmund lost 0-1 to Frankfurt away, the Chinese team also welcomed a warm-up opponent Estonia.

In the end, Gao Hongbo's team still defeated the team from Europe with a score of 3:0 without Zhou Yi.

The whole year of 2010 was a brilliant year for the Chinese team, because the national team's performance in this year was very good.

Under Gao Hongbo's leadership, the team achieved nine wins, four draws and three losses in 16 national team matches. The winning rate reached 60%, which was definitely the best in previous international matches of national teams.

The highlight of the national team this year was naturally the 2010 East Asian Final Four, which is the East Asian Cup. The Chinese team first tied the Japanese national team in Japan, and then unexpectedly defeated the South Korean national team 3-0. Finally, they won the East Asian Cup championship.

The second highlight moment was the warm-up match before the World Cup, where the Chinese team defeated the arrogant World Cup champion French national team 1-0.

However, these two highlight moments actually have nothing to do with Zhou Yi...

Although the national team performed well in 2010, the Chinese people still care more about the results of the official competition.

Next is the first official Asian Cup of Gao Jiajun. What is the most important thing for this team to give in the Asian Cup.

Especially this Chinese team has Zhou Yi. With Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in Dortmund, it is indeed easy for people to have more hope for him. So should a team with such a player as the core improve their goals in the Asian Cup?

Faced with the expectations of fans and public opinion, Gao Hongbo's performance was different from what everyone imagined.

In an interview, he threw out the "Asian Third-rate Theory" and "Asian Cup Training Theory" which really shocked the media and Chinese fans.

It also pushed Gao Hongbo to the forefront.

For a time, media and fans criticized him. Some conspiracy theories even believed that Gao Hongbo had made excuses for the failure of the Asian Cup.

Faced with these controversies, Gao Hongbo was reluctant to say much, but said: "As the head coach, I have to do my best to lead the team and work hard according to the previously set goals. As for other things, I don't care about them, nor do I have the time and energy to care about them. What is important for us is to do our duty steadily and let others comment on others, and there is nothing to change the direction of our progress."

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Even Zhou Yi was affected by this debate. After arriving in Guangzhou, he was asked this question by reporters.

Zhou Yi is very...usual.

"It's just a normal way to relieve stress." He waved his hand and was unwilling to talk more.

He wasn't stupid either, and it didn't make sense to mix this kind of argument.

As for whether the Chinese team is a third-rate Asian team, it should not be the focus of discussion, because this is a conclusion. When the group stage of this Asian Cup draws the lottery, the Chinese team was assigned to the third-rate team, so what is it if it is not a third-rate Asian team?

He actually doesn't care much about what the team's strength positioning should be. It doesn't matter at all. Because that's just a statement. The outcome of a game does not depend on the team's strength, but is determined by the performance of the players.

A third-rate team can also defeat first-rate teams, and first-rate teams may also lose to teams that are not up to top.

This is football. It is full of all kinds of surprises and surprises.

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Zhou Yi and Hao Junmin are the only two returnees in this national team, and the others are all from the domestic league.

Although Sun Pan became famous in Offenbach's German Cup against Dortmund and was quickly known, Gao Hongbo did not choose to add him to the national team training list. After all, as a goalkeeper, Sun Pan is still too young, and it has been too hasty to become famous in the game and cannot be transferred to the team for training. However, according to Gao Hongbo himself, he has indeed begun to pay attention to this young goalkeeper with outstanding performance.

Moreover, Gao Hongbo also considers that Sun Pan has become the main goalkeeper of Offenbach's kickers since he performed well in the German Cup, and has always performed well. For him, what is more important is to play games stably in the club, rather than to come back to be a substitute in the national team, and then experience the Asian Cup...

Besides, in just two days, on December 20, Beijing time, Offenbach's kickers will face Nuremberg in the quarterfinals of the German Cup.

At this critical moment, it is meaningless to recall Sun Pan back to the national team, it is simply causing trouble.

In the past, many Chinese overseas players were fed up with this meaningless call-up behavior of the national team. It was obviously an insignificant friendly match. They insisted that overseas players fly thousands to ten thousand kilometers back to China to participate, and then play halftime and fly to the same distance to return to the club.

Doing so can only make the players lose their position in the club and they are unable to perform at a better level due to fatigue in national team games.

Why did Magath not use Yang Chen at the beginning? Isn’t it because Yang Chen always wants to return to China to participate in the competition, which is delaying the problem?

So it is not a very important game, and Gao Hongbo is unwilling to cause trouble to these young Chinese people who have just started in European football.

He knew that there was a young midfielder named Yang Muge in Schalke 04 youth team. He also knew that there was a short central defender named Guo Nu in Inter Milan, not to mention He Ying in Lamacia youth training camp. He is a national young master and the main shooter of the national youth team. He is a fellow villager and he cannot not know this person.

He is starting to pay attention to these people.

He believes that they are the future of Chinese football.

Gao Hongbo is indeed very concerned about these young players. For example, the German Cup match between Offenbach and Nuremberg was at 2:15 am on the 20th of Beijing time. Gao Hongbo actually got up and watched the live broadcast on the Internet...

You know, Zhou Yi didn't even get up to watch this game.

Offenbach's kicker uses the same tactics as when he played against Dortmund in the last game, and then he hits a defensive counterattack.

In this game, Sun Pan's performance was still very good, fully leveraging his advantages of being tall and long arms, and his second reaction speed. With the cooperation of his teammates, he completely defeated his opponent.

Relying on Sun Pan's performance and a sneak attack in the 78th minute, Offenbach's kicker reiterated that he had eliminated the Bundesliga team Nuremberg!

Gao Hongbo believes that if Sun Pan can continue to perform in this state and performance, he can go to another team to participate in the top European league next season. Then the main goalkeeper of the Chinese national team may be his sooner or later...

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Sun Pan's outstanding performance in the German Cup naturally aroused heated discussions among domestic media and online fans. To a certain extent, he also relieved the pressure of the Chinese national team being stared at.

Now some media have begun to call on the Chinese Football Association to allow Sun Pan to join the National Olympic Team to prepare for the Olympic qualifiers that will start in June this year.

And not only Sun Pan, if the other young players who went abroad performed well in their respective clubs, they should also be recruited.

Although they are 90, 91, 92 years old, they are not the most suitable 89-year-old players in the London Olympics. However, if their strength is really outstanding, they can be promoted exceptionally. Because the 89-year-old national Olympic team is really not very talented.

The only one with a bit of fame is their goalkeeper Wang Dalei. He became famous very early. He was selected for the national team in 2006 and was also a talented goalkeeper who went to Inter Milan to try out. However, his career did not develop very smoothly later. At the Olympic Games held in front of his home in 2008, he was defeated by the National Olympic Team. Due to injuries and personality, his condition also fluctuated.

If Sun Pan can be really promoted to the National Olympic Team, I am afraid his position as the main goalkeeper will be out of stock...

He Ying was originally the closest player to this national Olympic team. Although he was born at the end of 1990, although he was not a very suitable age player, because of his outstanding strength, he had the opportunity to be selected for this national Olympic team before the 2008 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Unfortunately, when the Asian Games started one month, He Ying suffered a serious injury and missed the Asian Games directly. Not only did he get off for five months, this was also the worst blow in He Ying's football career.

Therefore, he missed the opportunity to join the National Olympic Team. Until now, he has not been selected for the National Olympic Team. Of course, since he recovered from injury, the National Olympic Team has not had many opportunities to compete, and it doesn’t make any sense to be selected...
Chapter completed!